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Mortgage Restructuring: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Feb 2013)

Seán Kyne: It goes without saying that unsustainable over-indebtedness is one of the most significant problems facing us today. One characteristic which has exacerbated this recession is the high level of personal debt of many people. One can observe the very human trait in many of us of ignoring a problem in the futile hope that it will go away, whether that be a health issue, a work-related issue, a...

Finance Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Feb 2013)

Seán Kyne: The main objective of this year's Finance Bill is to continue the vital task of stabilising the State's finances, which continue to be in a precarious position unfortunately. Balancing the books and returning the nation to a sustainable footing is of paramount importance. As can be seen in this and previous Finance Bills, performing this task is easier said than done. Widening our tax base...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Use of Commonage Lands: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Feb 2013)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the officials from the NPWS and the Department. I am not a member of the committee but I have a significant interest in this area as I come from Connemara in west Galway. I was a REPS planner in my previous life, mainly in east Galway and latterly in Connemara and various other places. I prepared many REPS plans, so I have some experience in this area. I agree with Senator...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (19 Feb 2013)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has plans to intensify the use of the railways in promoting tourism such as rail tours which are an exemplary way of attracting tourists and visitors Dublin to the regions outside of Dublin. [8378/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Service Obligation Services (19 Feb 2013)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport while being mindful of the social good that public transport services represents as well as their importance particularly in more rural areas, if his attention has been drawn to the Competition Authority’s submission on public transport which highlights the significant savings internationally from tendering out public service...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes (19 Feb 2013)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the level of funding available to the LEADER programme from 2014-2020 in the context of the recent agreement of the EU's new Multi Annual Financial Framework; and if he will clarify the changes, if any, proposed in the funding model. [8985/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (19 Feb 2013)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when a funding programme will be finalised and ready to accept applications from youth organisations such as youth cafes. [8986/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (19 Feb 2013)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Health if, in view of the recent incidence of TB, the policy of administering the BCG vaccine to newborns, which is currently the practice in all regions of the State except of the west of Ireland, will be extended nationwide [8981/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (19 Feb 2013)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an assurance that in the event that cost is a prohibiting factor in the extension of the administration of the BCG vaccine to newborns in the west of Ireland that additional funding will be provided from his Department and the Health Service Executive [8982/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Services (19 Feb 2013)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce regulations to govern private home care-givers in view of the benefit this would have for practitioners and the public alike; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8984/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (13 Feb 2013)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm if the number of intern places for graduates of medical colleges here will be increasing in view of the fact that there has been an increase in the number of medical students in recent years in view of the immense benefit such intern places are to graduates for gaining valuable practical experience. [7669/13]

Magdalen Laundries: Motion [Private Members] (12 Feb 2013)

Seán Kyne: It is difficult for people my age and younger to comprehend that places such as these laundries existed as institutions. It is extremely difficult to believe that people ended up in such places, stigmatised by society, forgotten, and abandoned in some cases by family. For too long Governments have not adequately addressed the plight of the women in question. This Government, following an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Rural Communities Report: Discussion with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (12 Feb 2013)

Seán Kyne: The groups that have benefited are hugely impressed with the hands-on approach of these companies, irrespective of the lower than average pay the chief executive officer has achieved compared with some of the other companies in other areas.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Rural Communities Report: Discussion with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (12 Feb 2013)

Seán Kyne: They have a genuine concern that were Galway County Council - which as a former member I respect - to get its hands on this money, it would not flow out to the peripheral areas.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Rural Communities Report: Discussion with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (12 Feb 2013)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the Minister and his officials to the committee. I acknowledge the level of reform the Minister has initiated across a range of sectors, much of which is positive. Having read the rural challenge group's report, I realise it is difficult to consider rural areas in isolation from urban ones because there is a huge interconnection between both. My own constituency of Galway West...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Rural Communities Report: Discussion with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (12 Feb 2013)

Seán Kyne: Some of them would be at the lower end of the scale, such as Comhairle Ceantar na nOileán Teo.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Rural Communities Report: Discussion with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (12 Feb 2013)

Seán Kyne: It was there as a local voluntary group since 1989.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Rural Communities Report: Discussion with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (12 Feb 2013)

Seán Kyne: It has a long history and was operated through Galway Rural Development at the same time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Rural Communities Report: Discussion with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (12 Feb 2013)

Seán Kyne: We have the advantage of a vibrant Gaeltacht and offshore islands.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Rural Communities Report: Discussion with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (12 Feb 2013)

Seán Kyne: We do not need any extra. It is just a question of protecting the ones we have.